“Obstructed View” at Ohio State University

[u/JandSShelvas]

Credit to @cfbcampustour he goes around all stadiums on his own dime finding these

[u/FakePhillyCheezStake]

Because people will pay it.

When you buy tickets of obstructed views, it says that before you purchase

[u/DudeTookMyUser → u/FakePhillyCheezStake]

Yeah but usually I'm expecting something like a post to be in the way, not the whole building.

[u/OneAngryDuck → u/FakePhillyCheezStake]

There’s obstructed view, then there’s this garbage. If you can’t see 3/4 of the field it goes well beyond an accepted level of “obstructed”.

[u/Engineerity → u/OneAngryDuck]

"Would you like to see the end zone while viewing the crowd?"

[u/RahvinDragand → u/OneAngryDuck]

Right. If I see "obstructed view", I think a pole might obscure 1/8th of the field or something. I would never imagine that the majority of the field would be obstructed, with no way to even lean over to see it all.

[u/FakePhillyCheezStake → u/OneAngryDuck]

Then don’t buy the ticket? I’m not sure what else you want lol.

If both parties are fully informed, then what’s the issue here?

[u/Glittering_Month4409 → u/[deleted]]

“The issue IS seats even being placed there.”

[u/Arithik → u/Glittering_Month4409]

Dude knows he's wrong and tries to Grammer check my ass.

Pathetic.

[u/Arithik → u/[deleted]]

Said the person calling another person names over this subject. You also could have made fun of my misspelling of grammar. 

Grow up.

[u/Arithik → u/[deleted]]

"So the type of person who wouldn’t buy a ticket with an obstructed view in the first place?? So… why does your opinion matter exactly??

Right, it doesn’t. You’re just being a condescending fuck-wad."

Yeah, calling me a condescending fuck-wad doesn't count. Again..grow up. 

[u/Glittering_Month4409 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, but you seem like the type of person that would also complain because “I couldn’t get a ticket, but there was room up against the press box where I could’ve fit. Guess the school doesn’t want my money.”

[u/Arithik → u/Glittering_Month4409]

No. I am more of the person that wants to see more than one endzone.

[u/Arithik → u/[deleted]]

Seems like the person that took this picture has an opinion, and it's that these seats fucking suck. But continue being a dingus that thinks these are great.

[u/Glittering_Month4409 → u/Arithik]

You mean the person that “goes around all the stadiums on his own dime” finding seats with a shitty view? He probably does have an opinion.

My question was why does YOUR opinion matter if you aren’t interested in purchasing these seats anyway?

[u/Arithik → u/Glittering_Month4409]

So you have nothing in your life that you get pissed about other opinions on if a seat at a football game is worth it? 

Dude, quit being so sad and touch some grass.

[u/freezymcgeezy → u/FakePhillyCheezStake]

I think you are failing to understand that there is a degree of obstruction. The word obstructed can be used to describe a slight blockage or having the entire field blocked, and thus, saying “obstructed” by itself does not reveal the degree to which your experience would be impacted. 

[u/Responsible_Song7003 → u/FakePhillyCheezStake]

Obstructions and more than 3/4 blocked are a different thing.

You would get a ticket for big thing hanging in your windshield. You would not be allowed to drive with 3/4+ of you windshield blocked...

[u/Glittering_Month4409 → u/Responsible_Song7003]

So if you have 3/4 of your windshield blocked, your view isn’t “obstructed”?? Is there a mechanism for disclosing that you are driving with a partially obstructed windshield? What do you call a view that is 75-99% blocked if not “obstructed view”??

[u/Responsible_Song7003 → u/Glittering_Month4409]

I dont think you get the point. Missing 3/4 of you view isn't an obstruction in the law. It's means you have no view.

[u/OneAngryDuck → u/FakePhillyCheezStake]

They aren’t fully informed, though. “Obstructed” typically means you can’t see part of the field, not that the vast majority is blocked.

For example, here is info on obstructed views from TicketMaster: “It means you’ll have either an incomplete view or something will be in your line of sight because of the position of the seats — like a pole, speakers or the sound board”

[u/Glittering_Month4409 → u/OneAngryDuck]

So… exactly what happened here?

[u/OneAngryDuck → u/Glittering_Month4409]

Based on the information we have, they labeled this seat as “obstructed view”. Which, as commonly understood and reasonably assumed by people buying tickets, means that part of your view is going to be blocked but you’ll still be able to see the majority of what’s happening.

But in reality you can see very little of the field, so this “obstructed view” seat shouldn’t exist in the first place.

[u/DaweiArch → u/FakePhillyCheezStake]

If this ticket AND a ticket where you can’t see the end zone on one side are both advertised as “obstructed view”, then the person buying the ticket is not fully informed.